Mentoring for people in venture capital and private equity principals.
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals is a financial services field with its own language, its own way in and its own unwritten rules. A mentorhero session puts a mentee in front of somebody already doing that job for 30 minutes, so the questions get answered by a person instead of a search engine. Finance still runs on networks. A mentor is the fastest way to hand somebody the network they were not born into.
- Session length
- 30 minutes
- Cost to the mentee
- Free
- Sector
- Financial Services
Why a session helps in venture capital and private equity principals.
The language of venture capital and private equity principals
A mentee leaves the session understanding the terms used on the job, not a glossary written by somebody outside it.
The route in, said plainly
Which qualifications, tickets or first jobs matter in venture capital and private equity principals, and which are a waste of money.
Thirty minutes, no cost to the mentee
Short enough that a working mentor can give it, long enough to change what somebody does next.
Somebody who has done the job
Mentors are matched on the work itself, so the person on the call recognises the problem straight away.
The language of financial services.
These are the terms that come up in a venture capital and private equity principals session, and what they mean in practice.
Front, middle and back office
Who faces the client, who controls the risk, who settles the trade. The map of every finance career.
AUM and book
Assets under management and the client base you are responsible for.
Regulated and approved persons
The rules that decide who can do what. Qualifications follow them.
Underwriting
Pricing risk. The core skill across insurance and lending.
Where the jobs sit.
A mentor can walk a mentee through any of these, from the first job to the one after next.
Analyst
Adviser and broker
Underwriter
Relationship manager
Portfolio manager
Compliance and risk
The questions that come up.
Getting an analyst role without a target-school CV
Which qualification pays back and which does not
Moving from operations into a front-office seat
Handling technical interviews and case studies
Talking about bonus and pay without damaging the relationship
Half an hour is enough for this.
How graduate and lateral hiring really screens candidates
What a first year in the job is actually like
How to read a set of accounts well enough to ask good questions
Four steps, no cost.
- 01
Say what you do or want to do
Tell us the part of venture capital and private equity principals you are aiming at.
- 02
We match you
A mentor working in the field, chosen on the job rather than the job title.
- 03
Thirty minutes on video
Bring the questions. No preparation, no cost, no obligation.
- 04
Come back when you need to
Sessions are repeatable as the next decision arrives.
The things people ask first.
Do the mentors actually work in venture capital and private equity principals?
Yes. Matching is done on the work itself, so the mentor either works in venture capital and private equity principals now or has spent long enough in it to speak from experience.
What does it cost a mentee?
Nothing. Sessions are funded by our partner organisations, so mentees never pay.
I am changing careers into this field. Is that still a fit?
Yes, and it is one of the most common reasons people book. Thirty minutes with somebody inside venture capital and private equity principals is the fastest way to find out whether the move is right before you commit to a course.
Can employers in this industry offer sessions to their people?
Yes. Partners fund sessions for their workforce, their candidates and their local community, and get live reporting on hours delivered.
Working in venture capital and private equity principals?
Give 30 minutes as a mentor, or book a session as a mentee. Both start on the same page.